' In Real Love one of the world's leading authorities on love tells us how to find it how to nurture it how to honor it-and most of all how to rethink it This book has the power to set your heart at peace' -Susan Cain author of Quiet What is love? Sharon Salzberg believes that love is a powerful healing force for us all & that modern associations with romance & adoration are limiting By redefining love she helps us to recognize our desire for happiness & enhance our connections with each other Real Love is a creative toolkit of mindfulness exercises & meditation techniques that can help you to truly engage with your present experience & create deeper love relationships
- with yourself your partner friends & family & with life itself The book encourages us to strip away layers of negative habits & obstacles & to improve deeper connections helping us to experience authentic love based on direct experience rather than preconceptions